Association of Anti-factor Xa Activity With Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Anti-factor Xa activity calibrated for enoxaparin.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Enoxaparin. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Austria
- Next step
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Official title
Association of Anti-factor Xa Activity With Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients: a Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study
Overview
The goal of this observational study is to analyse the association between anti-factor Xa activity (antiXa) and the occurence of venous thromboembolism (VTE; either deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism) in critically ill patients who are admitted to an intensive care unit. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the association between antiXa and VTE? * What is the association between antiXa and symptomatic, respectively incidental, VTE? * How is pharmacological anticoagulation with enoxaparin related to measured antiXa? * What is the association between antiXa and bleeding complications. * What is the incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients treated at an intensive care unit? * How is the occurence of VTE related to patient-centred outcomes such as mortality, quality of life, length of stay and days outside of the intensive care unit/hospital.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test Anti-factor Xa activity calibrated for enoxaparin
Anti-factor Xa activity calibrated for enoxaparin
Primary outcome measures
- Number of patients with new-onset venous thromboembolism [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Number of patients with new-onset upper extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset lower extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset central vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset symptomatic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset symptomatic lower extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset incidental upper extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset incidental lower extremity deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset pulmonary embolism [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset symptomatic pulmonary embolism [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with new-onset incidental pulmonary embolism [Time frame: until discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 14 days after study inclusion]
- Number of patients with venous thromboembolism [Time frame: prevalent at study enrolment]
- Number of patients with deep vein thrombosis [Time frame: prevalent at study enrolment]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age over 18 years at the time of intensive care unit admission
- Admission to a participating intensive care unit within the last 24 hours
- Expected discharge is later than 48 hours after enrolment
Exclusion criteria
- Therapeutic anticoagulation, defined as enoxaparin dose of at least 100 IE/kg when given twice daily or of at least 150 IE/kg when given once daily
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in place or planned within 48 hours of study enrolment
- Planned regular administration of vitamin K antagonists, unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin other than enoxaparin, thrombin inhibitors or factor X inhibitors within the observation period
- Estimated life expectancy below 48 hours or comfort terminal care order in place
- Previously diagnosed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Pre-operative admission for elective surgery
- Previous enrolment in the study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Austria · 3 centers
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz — Graz
- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medica — Innsbruck
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University o — Vienna
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06357403 · AntiXa-ICU 1881/2023